#niche — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #niche, aggregated by home.social.
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Strong Bad Plays Mini Golf in VR
Once upon a time the types of people on the Internet skewed much smaller in number, and you could be reasonably assured that if you made, say, a Monty Python or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke in forum company, nearly everyone reading it would get it, and probably also find it funny. Those days are long past, and in some w
https://setsideb.com/strong-bad-plays-mini-golf-in-vr/
#niche #homestarrunner #niche #sports #strongbad #VR #WalkaboutMiniGolf -
Strong Bad Plays Mini Golf in VR
Once upon a time the types of people on the Internet skewed much smaller in number, and you could be reasonably assured that if you made, say, a Monty Python or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke in forum company, nearly everyone reading it would get it, and probably also find it funny. Those days are long past, and in some w
https://setsideb.com/strong-bad-plays-mini-golf-in-vr/
#niche #homestarrunner #niche #sports #strongbad #VR #WalkaboutMiniGolf -
Strong Bad Plays Mini Golf in VR
Once upon a time the types of people on the Internet skewed much smaller in number, and you could be reasonably assured that if you made, say, a Monty Python or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke in forum company, nearly everyone reading it would get it, and probably also find it funny. Those days are long past, and in some w
https://setsideb.com/strong-bad-plays-mini-golf-in-vr/
#niche #homestarrunner #niche #sports #strongbad #VR #WalkaboutMiniGolf -
Strong Bad Plays Mini Golf in VR
Once upon a time the types of people on the Internet skewed much smaller in number, and you could be reasonably assured that if you made, say, a Monty Python or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke in forum company, nearly everyone reading it would get it, and probably also find it funny. Those days are long past, and in some w
https://setsideb.com/strong-bad-plays-mini-golf-in-vr/
#niche #homestarrunner #niche #sports #strongbad #VR #WalkaboutMiniGolf -
Strong Bad Plays Mini Golf in VR
Once upon a time the types of people on the Internet skewed much smaller in number, and you could be reasonably assured that if you made, say, a Monty Python or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke in forum company, nearly everyone reading it would get it, and probably also find it funny. Those days are long past, and in some w
https://setsideb.com/strong-bad-plays-mini-golf-in-vr/
#niche #homestarrunner #niche #sports #strongbad #VR #WalkaboutMiniGolf -
The Nine Endings of Star For Command
This post contains spoilers for the various endings of Star Fox Command.Old... man? (Images in this post come from vgmuseum)
The always-excellent Hardcore Gaming 101 is currently working through the Star Fox series, due to the well-received remake of (the remake of) Star Fox 64, still generally regarded as t
https://setsideb.com/the-endings-of-star-for-command/
#niche #Endings #hardcoregaming101 #Kursed #niche #starfox #StarFoxCommand #VGMuseum -
Monster Maze on Unused Zelda Maps
I started this post out intending to do a Multilink Monday, but within a few seconds of starting this video I came to realize, nah, this one deserves the spotlight all to itself. It's well made, seems to be constructed with a stable eye and doesn't seem hugely pandery... other than the big BACKROOMs intro card, I'm not a fan of that. But other
https://setsideb.com/multilink-monday-4/
#development #niche #glitches #MonsterMaze #niche #UnusedContent #zelda -
SGDQ 2026 Begins Sunday
It's one of those two times of year again. Games Done Quick, the bi-annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon, begins at 12:30 PM ("Noon Thirty") Eastern Time on Sunday, July 5th, that's tomorrow. The day after today, the 250th occurrence of that particular US holiday some people make a fuss about.This one is SGDQ, where the S stands f
https://setsideb.com/sgdq-2026-begins-sunday/
#indies #news #niche #retro #2026 #gdq #indie #news #niche #retro #speedrun -
SGDQ 2026 Begins Sunday
It's one of those two times of year again. Games Done Quick, the bi-annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon, begins at 12:30 PM ("Noon Thirty") Eastern Time on Sunday, July 5th, that's tomorrow. The day after today, the 250th occurrence of that particular US holiday some people make a fuss about.This one is SGDQ, where the S stands f
https://setsideb.com/sgdq-2026-begins-sunday/
#indies #news #niche #retro #2026 #gdq #indie #news #niche #retro #speedrun -
SGDQ 2026 Begins Sunday
It's one of those two times of year again. Games Done Quick, the bi-annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon, begins at 12:30 PM ("Noon Thirty") Eastern Time on Sunday, July 5th, that's tomorrow. The day after today, the 250th occurrence of that particular US holiday some people make a fuss about.This one is SGDQ, where the S stands f
https://setsideb.com/sgdq-2026-begins-sunday/
#indies #news #niche #retro #2026 #gdq #indie #news #niche #retro #speedrun -
1960s Navy Training Film on Computers
Surprise! Today's post is about a video from Periscope Films from sixty years ago on the fundamental building blocks of computers from way back then. Right off we're told that computers no longer rely on primative things like electromechanical relays (gags) or vacuum tubes (wretches). NOW computers are
https://setsideb.com/1960s-navy-training-film-on-computers/
#niche #retro #DigitalComputerTechniques #LogicGates #niche #PeriscopeFilms #retro #USNavy -
Richard Garriott Getting Ultima’s Copyrights Back
It's been going around the gaming bigsites (PC Gamer, Time Extension, Kotaku, Eurogamer and others) that due to a quirk of US copyright law Richard Garriott, who begin the Ultima series in June 1981, may finally be getting back the rights to his now-ancient series from the corporate behemot
https://setsideb.com/richard-garriott-getting-ultima-copyrights-back/
#niche #retro #ea #niche #Origin #remakes #retro #richardgarriott #rpg #ultima -
The CRPG Addict Plays The Original MUD
MUDs, and their sibling games MUCKs and MOOs, now almost forgotten except among a rapidly-aging userbase, used to be the biggest gaming draw on the internet. When MMORPGs became big, it was largely by using the lessons of MUDs and applying them to a 3D graphical world with action gameplay. Everquest (admit it, you ha
https://setsideb.com/the-crpg-addict-plays-the-original-mud/
#niche #retro #crpg #crpgaddict #mud #niche #retro #TheDigitalAntiquarian -
Who Owns Softdisk and Big Blue Disk Now?
I've talked here before about my efforts to preserve and make available the archives of the long-lived disk magazine Loadstar. Please forgive me for linking to that once again, but sales of it help me obtain food: Loadstar Compleat. If you want to see more past
https://setsideb.com/who-owns-softdisk-and-big-blue-disk/
#niche #retro #bigbluedisk #CatacombGames #FlatRock #GamersEdge #loadstar #niche #preservation #retro #softdisk #SoftdiskPublishing -
Who Owns Softdisk and Big Blue Disk Now?
I've talked here before about my efforts to preserve and make available the archives of the long-lived disk magazine Loadstar. Please forgive me for linking to that once again, but sales of it help me obtain food: Loadstar Compleat. If you want to see more past
https://setsideb.com/who-owns-softdisk-and-big-blue-disk/
#niche #retro #bigbluedisk #CatacombGames #FlatRock #GamersEdge #loadstar #niche #preservation #retro #softdisk #SoftdiskPublishing -
Who Owns Softdisk and Big Blue Disk Now?
I've talked here before about my efforts to preserve and make available the archives of the long-lived disk magazine Loadstar. Please forgive me for linking to that once again, but sales of it help me obtain food: Loadstar Compleat. If you want to see more past
https://setsideb.com/who-owns-softdisk-and-big-blue-disk/
#niche #retro #bigbluedisk #CatacombGames #FlatRock #GamersEdge #loadstar #niche #preservation #retro #softdisk #SoftdiskPublishing -
Declan Chidlow’s Rundown of Every Console Web Browser
Over on the site vale.rocks Declan Chidlow has written up a complete rundown of every console web browser, and it's certain to spark memories in many of you. Including web browsers in consoles used to be a useful way for a company to distinguish their
https://setsideb.com/declan-chidlows-rundown-of-every-console-web-browser/
#niche #browsers #CDi #DeclanChidlow #microsoft #niche #nintendo #Pippin #sega #sony #ValeRocks #worldwideweb -
Declan Chidlow’s Rundown of Every Console Web Browser
Over on the site vale.rocks Declan Chidlow has written up a complete rundown of every console web browser, and it's certain to spark memories in many of you. Including web browsers in consoles used to be a useful way for a company to distinguish their
https://setsideb.com/declan-chidlows-rundown-of-every-console-web-browser/
#niche #browsers #CDi #DeclanChidlow #microsoft #niche #nintendo #Pippin #sega #sony #ValeRocks #worldwideweb -
Declan Chidlow’s Rundown of Every Console Web Browser
Over on the site vale.rocks Declan Chidlow has written up a complete rundown of every console web browser, and it's certain to spark memories in many of you. Including web browsers in consoles used to be a useful way for a company to distinguish their
https://setsideb.com/declan-chidlows-rundown-of-every-console-web-browser/
#niche #browsers #CDi #DeclanChidlow #microsoft #niche #nintendo #Pippin #sega #sony #ValeRocks #worldwideweb -
Notes on Nintendo Direct 6/9/26
Oh joy, it's another Nintendo Direct, full of games I don't have much interest in.In the past I've done brief takes on every game in a Direct, but I feel like this time I'd be reduced to either saying the same thing about many of them that I've said before, or else be forced to r
https://setsideb.com/notes-on-nintendo-direct-6-9-26/
#indies #niche #BigWalk #Deltarune #FinalFantasyResonance #indie #niche #nintendodirect #RhythmHeavenGroove #SwitchSports -
Indentifying Luck in Mario Party 10
It's been a small eon, but ZoomZike is finally back with the latest in his epic series of video deep dives, Identifying Luck in Mario Party, with a 2½ hour entry on Mario Party 10, being for the Wii U probably one of the least played titles in the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqFDaocSvB4
https://setsideb.com/indentifying-luck-in-mario-party-10/
#niche #boardgames #hudsonsoft #IdentifyingLuckInMarioParty #niche #nintendo #wiiu #zoomzike -
Indentifying Luck in Mario Party 10
It's been a small eon, but ZoomZike is finally back with the latest in his epic series of video deep dives, Identifying Luck in Mario Party, with a 2½ hour entry on Mario Party 10, being for the Wii U probably one of the least played titles in the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqFDaocSvB4
https://setsideb.com/indentifying-luck-in-mario-party-10/
#niche #boardgames #hudsonsoft #IdentifyingLuckInMarioParty #niche #nintendo #wiiu #zoomzike -
FEMICOM
Yesterday's post had a link to FamiBro, and while trying to balance male and female representations of gaming websites equally is subjective and doesn't make much sense (especially since FamiBro doesn't seem very bro-y), it does allow me to make a largely meaningless introduction to a blog post about the website FEMICOM. There, done!Rachel Simone Weil's FEMICOM is
https://setsideb.com/femicom/
#niche #AnnaAnthropy #femicom #girls #museum #niche #RachelSimoneWeil #website -
The Results of 65 Games of Party House
Long-time readers of this blog know that I've played a lot of Party House, game #25 in UFO 50. I'm not the best player at it, I've heard there's some with a random scenario win streak of over 130, but I have gotten up to 25. I wrote a strategy guide for it that's one of the most searched-for pages here. In the time s
https://setsideb.com/60-games-of-party-house/
#indies #niche #indie #Mossmouth #niche #PartyHouse #seeds #spreadsheet #strategy #Ufo50 -
Obscure Arcade Games, Presented By Gary
Used to be there were many thousands of different arcade games that you could find nearly, in arcades, convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations and sometimes even just on a street corner. In the US (the country that originated arcade games somehow), those days have been gone for a long time, unless you count video po
https://setsideb.com/obscure-arcade-games-presented-by-gary/
#arcade #niche #retro #80s #arcade #GaryRetroGamer #niche #retro -
Using COBOL As A Shader Language
Yep, what's in the title apparently can be done.COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language, and is an extremely verbose language designed purposely to be understandable to managers. Everything in COBOL reads like it does, which makes it hard to work with. A fair portion of the financial world still runs on COBOL, in some ca
https://setsideb.com/using-cobol-as-a-shader-language/
#niche #cobol #niche #ShaderLanguage #StupidComputerTricks #Vulkan -
Using COBOL As A Shader Language
Yep, what's in the title apparently can be done.COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language, and is an extremely verbose language designed purposely to be understandable to managers. Everything in COBOL reads like it does, which makes it hard to work with. A fair portion of the financial world still runs on COBOL, in some ca
https://setsideb.com/using-cobol-as-a-shader-language/
#niche #cobol #niche #ShaderLanguage #StupidComputerTricks #Vulkan -
Three-Up From Pannenkoek
Everyone that counts loves Pannenkoek, whose two Youtube channels pannenkoek2012 and UncommentatedPannen are probably the best, certainly the best-known, videogame internal explainers on the internet. They somehow made people care about an obscure Super Mario 64 challenge to get through the game in as few A button presses as possible. How can that even be?Not only
https://setsideb.com/three-up-from-pannenkoek/
#niche #1upMushrooms #mario64 #niche #pannenkoek -
Three-Up From Pannenkoek
Everyone that counts loves Pannenkoek, whose two Youtube channels pannenkoek2012 and UncommentatedPannen are probably the best, certainly the best-known, videogame internal explainers on the internet. They somehow made people care about an obscure Super Mario 64 challenge to get through the game in as few A button presses as possible. How can that even be?Not only
https://setsideb.com/three-up-from-pannenkoek/
#niche #1upMushrooms #mario64 #niche #pannenkoek -
"That's no moon, it's a Brutalist motorway service station on the M4..."
#MayTheM4BeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
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"That's no moon, it's a Brutalist motorway service station on the M4..."
#MayTheM4BeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Major League Balatro Season 3 Grand Finals
There's a good chance, even if you've been nursing as heavy a Balatro addiction as I have, that you not even know that there's a cutthroat competitive Balatro tournament that's been running for three seasons, or even competitive Balatro at all.Balatro Multiplayer (homepage
https://setsideb.com/major-league-balatro-season-3-grand-finals/
#indies #niche #BalatroMultiplayer #Bean #DrSpectred #indie #MajorLeagueBalatro #niche #tournament #versus -
Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle -
Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle -
Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle -
Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle -
Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle -
Favorite Switch Games: April 2026
I've said it more than once: what's the use in having a blog if you don't use it to tell people the things you like?Here's what I've been enjoying lately on my Switch 2. These are store links, but we get no affiliate or advertising dollars from them, they're provided just out of convenience.
Cruise Elroy's great retro-styled ac
https://setsideb.com/favorite-switch-games-april-2026/
#indies #niche #2026 #April #indie #niche #switch #whatwereplaying -
Nintendo’s Custom Playing Card Service
Nintendo got its start making playing cards, and, incredibly, still makes playing cards to this day. I guess there's always money in the banana stand.A service Nintendo offered, and even more incredibly still offers, is to make customized playing cards for people, anyone, although the stated purpose is to promote p
https://setsideb.com/nintendos-custom-playing-card-service/
#niche #beforemario #go #mahjong #niche #nintendo #playingcards #shogi -
Nintendo’s Custom Playing Card Service
Nintendo got its start making playing cards, and, incredibly, still makes playing cards to this day. I guess there's always money in the banana stand.A service Nintendo offered, and even more incredibly still offers, is to make customized playing cards for people, anyone, although the stated purpose is to promote p
https://setsideb.com/nintendos-custom-playing-card-service/
#niche #beforemario #go #mahjong #niche #nintendo #playingcards #shogi -
Nintendo’s Custom Playing Card Service
Nintendo got its start making playing cards, and, incredibly, still makes playing cards to this day. I guess there's always money in the banana stand.A service Nintendo offered, and even more incredibly still offers, is to make customized playing cards for people, anyone, although the stated purpose is to promote p
https://setsideb.com/nintendos-custom-playing-card-service/
#niche #beforemario #go #mahjong #niche #nintendo #playingcards #shogi -
TheZZAZZGitch Explains Mystery Dungeon Generation
We've linked to TheZZAZZGlitch's videos before, their obsession with the Pokémon and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games is both admirable and somewhat worrying.The video I'd like to point out today is this one on the dungeon generation in the first Pokémon My
https://setsideb.com/thezzazzgitch-explains-mystery-dungeon-generation/
#play #niche #roguelike #play #mysterydungeon #niche #pokemon #pokemonmysterydungeon #roguelike #thezzazzglitch -
TheZZAZZGitch Explains Mystery Dungeon Generation
We've linked to TheZZAZZGlitch's videos before, their obsession with the Pokémon and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games is both admirable and somewhat worrying.The video I'd like to point out today is this one on the dungeon generation in the first Pokémon My
https://setsideb.com/thezzazzgitch-explains-mystery-dungeon-generation/
#play #niche #roguelike #play #mysterydungeon #niche #pokemon #pokemonmysterydungeon #roguelike #thezzazzglitch -
Gamefinds: Snekburd
One of the best puzzle games out there is Noumenon Games' colorful, fun, and challenging Snakebird, its easier sequel Snakebird Primer, and their combined version on Switch Snakebird Complete.But even Snakebird Complete costs $15. What if you just want to dip your toe in and find out why the snakebirds are the snakeword(s)?
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-snekburd/
#indies #niche #free #indie #itchio #niche #NoumenonGames #pico8 #puzzle #Snakebird #Snekburd #Werxzy -
Identifying Samples From Sonic CD’s Soundtrack
With the exception of two or three musicians (They Might Be Giants among them), for the most part I've agreed with what Marge Simpson once said: "Music is none of my business." (Not counting that one episode where it was revealed she had been fangirl at the hei
https://setsideb.com/identifying-samples-from-sonic-cds-soundtrack/
#niche #retro #CatsEye #Cybershell #MasafumiOgata #music #NaofumiHataya #niche #retro #sonic #soniccd #sonicretro
